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Subj: RE: Mode S Consultation Queries
Dear Mode S Team
Thank you for your brief response to my questions. I note that –
1. You say that the 2007 figures quoted on the flyontrack website are
not for a
full year but you have not provided any alternative figures or
analysis. Please do so.
2. You say that approximately 15% of infringing aircraft were not
carrying and
operating a transponder, which indicates that 85% were doing so, and
never the less infringed Airspace!
3. Your proposals are not based on any recommendations from the
Airspace & Safety Initiative and have pre-empted any recommendations
they might make.
4. The 70w transponder that that you have referred to is unsuitable
for my glider. The additional weight of the transponder and extra
battery reduce the, already very limiting, maximum cockpit load to an
unacceptable figure which is why I asked questions about the Low
Power
Transponder – not the 70w one.
It is not acceptable to me that you should treat my correspondence as
my formal response to the Consultation instead of providing detailed
answers to my questions.
I therefore formally request you to answer my correspondence in
detail
and am copying the correspondence to my MP with a request that he
obtains answers from you in the event that you again choose not to
provide them.
If your current Consultation end date does not allow time for you to
provide the answers in good time for me and other Consultees to
consider them in our formal response then you could extend the
consultation period by the necessary time.
Is it more important to you to close the Consultation on an arbitrary
date rather than allow an extra few days to enable fully considered
responses in the interests of Aviation Safety?
Regardless of any decision that you make in relation to the end date
of the Consultation period I do require my correspondence answered in
detail.
Please confirm that you will provide detailed answers to my
correspondence and state your decision in relation to the end date of
the consultation period.
Regards
Martin Breen,